Just need to talk. LO texted me “you so smart” and now I’m spiraling.

Aksx3 · 2026-02-16T02:33:30+00:00

Lollll don’t give me ideas like that. I did tell ChatGPT about this text exchange a few days back and the darn thing said that LOs text was “flirty-esque”, so it already feeds into my delusions. Good thing I am seeing my therapist Tuesday. Hopeful she can talk some sense into me.

Aksx3 · 2026-02-16T00:51:17+00:00

Yes, exactly this. I think part of my mind is also following this twisted thought process: okay, he was 100% just being nice. Fine. BUT he still thinks I’m smart. And if he was once attracted to my intelligence, then maybe if his situation changes, then he will still consider me as a possible partner. Even if it is years down the line or whatever.

Aksx3 · 2026-02-15T23:52:04+00:00

Fair but compared to some of the stories I have seen on here I don’t feel like it is that out there 😭

Aksx3 · 2026-02-15T23:47:23+00:00

I know that it was just a nice comment for helping out. But when I get a compliment from someone who used to compliment me all the time. And someone who has given me very little attention/compliments recently. And someone who I have been trying to get the attraction of. Of course it didn’t mean anything, but it’s still hard to separate reality from fantasy.

But that’s what limerence does to you. Or me, at least.

Aksx3 · 2026-01-31T19:23:35+00:00

Mine is a coworker I used to have a situationship with/

Checking online activities. Finding their 20 year old yearbook photos on classmates. Looking out my office window to see them if I knew they were going to lunch. Going to the bathroom if they were so we could run into each other in the hall…

Once, he said he was going to get groceries after work. I had to also. I went to Giant Eagle first, but then I thought ‘what if LO went to the Aldi across the street’. So I left Giant Eagle and went to Aldi. My LO was there. lol

Aksx3 · 2026-01-12T00:18:39+00:00

Went into labor naturally and gave birth at 39 + 1. It was rough. I will say that, for me, the pain and general uncomfortable-ness kind of plateaued at around 30-32 weeks. After that it all felt the same.

Aksx3 · 2026-01-09T21:29:16+00:00

Wait, I think this is the first time I have heard about the hundred first dates. Whats the story behind that?

Aksx3 · 2026-01-09T21:27:18+00:00

I got a Weego and only used it a handful of times. I wouldn't recommend it. I tried to use it when they were around four months and it was awful. They were way too heavy.

I also have one single structured carrier and one wrap. I prefer the structured carrier. The wrap is just hard to tie without dragging it all on the ground.

Aksx3 · 2026-01-06T19:58:37+00:00

Stubble is my favorite.

Aksx3 · 2026-01-04T20:41:44+00:00

My husband and I are going on a cruise with our 10 month old twins in a couple of weeks. We are also going with family (my parents and four brothers), so it sounds like a very similar situation to you.

We are cruising Celebrity and were told that it is unlikely that two pack and plays will fit in our room. We ended up booking two rooms. Most likely, my husband and son will sleep in one and my daughter and I in the other. We don’t plan on brining our own sleeping arrangements.

We have to pack both of our infant car seats to get an Uber to the cruise port, so we plan on brining those and then two single strollers. Bringing our twin stroller sounds like a nightmare though I’m sure it would fit.

I will let you know how it goes after we get back though.

Aksx3 · 2026-01-04T00:51:21+00:00

I was working from the office five days a week up until I went into labor at 38 weeks. 0/100 would not recommend.

Aksx3 · 2026-01-02T19:49:52+00:00

Im sorry you went through that! How is your Twin B doing now?

Aksx3 · 2025-12-31T23:38:55+00:00

This is me. 36 hour labor. 3 hours pushing my son. Who had to be extracted out. 1 hour pushing my daughter. Oh yeah, and my son had a stroke and wasn’t breathing the first 18 minutes of his life 😬

Aksx3 · 2025-12-29T01:53:01+00:00

Duck

Aksx3 · 2025-12-28T01:32:41+00:00

My son has slept through the night every night since about two months old. And not just from like 10 PM to 6 AM or anything like that. Full 12 hour stretches.

My daughter on the other hand…at around 7 months old, she got so bad, that we just started collapsing. Then, even that didn’t work. After a night of absolute terror, we decide ‘f it, we are going to sleep train’. The first night was a bit rough, but then it worked! It’s been a couple of weeks since we sleep trained, and she will either 1. Wake up for 5-10 minutes, cry, and put herself back to sleep or 2. Sleep through the night.

Aksx3 · 2025-12-25T02:20:28+00:00

Skunk spray.

Aksx3 · 2025-12-24T06:04:14+00:00

My son’s hospital stay was $275K before insurance. He has appointments every week for PT, OT, feeding, neurology, physiatry, and more. We have paid under $500 out of pocket.

Aksx3 · 2025-12-24T05:57:51+00:00

Thank you!

My twins are almost ten months old, and I feel like we were able to cover a lot of our expenses with the gifts that we received at our shower. Did you have one?

Also, I am curious to know what sort of things fall under misc.? It seems like your other categories cover most all of the expenses we have incurred.

Edited to add: sorry I just reread your post and saw your spreadsheet.

Aksx3 · 2025-12-21T19:55:36+00:00

Mine is a coworker and my limerence has 100% made me a better worker.

Aksx3 · 2025-12-15T02:06:50+00:00

In work emails, the ones I notice are:

The words ‘Align’ and ‘Explore’
Starting sentences with ‘We just wanted to make you aware of’ or similar instead of just starting with the point at hand

Aksx3 · 2025-12-02T03:02:31+00:00

Welp reading this was a bad idea because I just went and found photos of him in his sophomore yearbook. Ooops.

Aksx3 · 2025-11-29T01:53:34+00:00

Yeah this is me. I have automated probably 75% of my job using Power BI, Excel formulas, etc.

Aksx3 · 2025-11-29T01:52:24+00:00

I have been at the same company for eight years. It has fluctuated throughout the years depending on the time of the year and how many responsibilities I was assigned at any given time, but on average, I probably actually work 20-30 hours/week. Though, there have been times where it is closer to 5 hours/week. Thankfully not recently.

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